---
layout: single
property_name: overflow-x
---

<section id="overflow-x" class="property">
  <header class="property-header">
    <nav class="property-links">
      <a class="property-links-direct" href="{{site.url}}/property/overflow-x/" data-property-name="overflow-x" data-tooltip="Single page for this property">Permalink</a>
      <a class="property-share" data-tooltip="Share on Twitter or Facebook" data-property-name="overflow-x">Share</a>
      <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/overflow-x" data-tooltip="See on Mozilla Developer Network" rel="external">MDN</a>
    </nav>
    <h2 class="property-name">
      <a href="#overflow-x"><span>#</span>overflow-x</a>
    </h2>
    <div class="property-description">
      <p>Defines how overflowing content on the horizontal axis is displayed.</p>

    </div>

  </header>



    <style type="text/css">.overflow-x .block { white-space: nowrap;width: 200px; }</style>


    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">
            <code class="example-default" data-tooltip="This is the property's default value">default</code>


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="overflow-x: visible;">overflow-x: visible;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The overflowing content is <strong>visible</strong>, while the element itself stays at the specified width.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div overflow-x " id="overflow-x-visible"><p class="block block--alpha">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
        <style type="text/css">#overflow-x-visible .block { overflow-x: visible; }</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="overflow-x: hidden;">overflow-x: hidden;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The overflowing content is <strong>hidden</strong> and can not be accessed.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div overflow-x " id="overflow-x-hidden"><p class="block block--alpha">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
        <style type="text/css">#overflow-x-hidden .block { overflow-x: hidden; }</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="overflow-x: scroll;">overflow-x: scroll;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The overflowing content is accessible thanks to a <strong>horizontal scrollbar</strong>.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div overflow-x " id="overflow-x-scroll"><p class="block block--alpha">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
        <style type="text/css">#overflow-x-scroll .block { overflow-x: scroll; }</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="overflow-x: auto;">overflow-x: auto;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The browser decides whether to display a horizontal scrollbar or not.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div overflow-x " id="overflow-x-auto"><p class="block block--alpha">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
        <style type="text/css">#overflow-x-auto .block { overflow-x: auto; }</style>
    </section>

</section>
